Badgers Spoiling My Lamping Trip

[the big chief 3,099]

Me and a pal had a couple of hours on the lamp i managed 1 rabbit but kept having to move fields as there was bloody badgers near the rabbits pissed me off i wouldn't dare slip my dog on a bunny neather would my pal so we moved and same again they was on the next field and the next saw 12 in total right where the rabbits where so gave it up as a bad job and came home hope they are not there next time we go spoiled our night i don't know where they have come from there wasn't one there last year has anyone else had the same trouble or is it just my bad look .

[Banter 1,751]

it like everything else kev there entitled to be there i find it hard to believe you run this land an thats a first

[Rake aboot 4,936]

  On 06/09/2013 at 03:16, Banter said:

it like everything else kev there entitled to be there i find it hard to believe you run this land an thats a first

 

Can`t quite decifer that reply.

 

 

Anyway, yeh yer quite right not to risk running the dogs, apart from anything else, the dogs can take a proper beating from brock.

 

We have a coupla places round our way where they are a proper pain in the hoop.

[trigger2 3,158]

myself or my dog don't pay any attention to them. i just carry on lamping other rabbits elsewhere in the field. surely you could of got slips on other rabbits in the field

[dymented 2,220]

here you go kev £4.50 then you can break him to badger lol

[moonlighter 1,164]

I've had many a night ruined by Brock. I used to like trotting the dogs by the motor at night, or working without the slip, but the dogs can smell them a mile off and if there is one near by they will know its there.

[whippet 99 2,613]

_{write too defra , explaining your situation and ask for a license too control them with a rifle................now the cull is in full swing they shouldn't be hard to get hold of.................}

[R.A.W 1,987]

They must of moved there because they know there's a cull going on .........

 

 

 

I'd say they'll be there for the foreseeable future mate . They territorial animals by nature and it sounds like those fields are good worming grounds for them so they will fight for them.

 

there is one way to stop them if you want to lamp the fields enough and that is to find the set and lay down some feed in between the set and the fields while it's still light. hopefully they will find the food first and not venture on the fields for worms. ................. A lot of bother I know but if theres lots of rabbits maybe it's worth a thought ....................there is always another way but I'll leave that to your imagination .

 

never really seen that many on my places

[C Hall 552]

There very active this time of year getting themselves fattened up for the winter months you will hardly see them in a month or two.

[bird 10,013]

you can break them to brock, same as you would a sheep, ok maybe not as quick but once they no its (not) the game you want them to run, penny will drop. And prob easier if done on the slip, if they seen 1 just give yank on the lead, then build up to working of the slip..Dogs are not thick, they will know .

[BIG G wheton machine 1,594]

theyre a fcukin nusience, theyre everywhere over here too, they fight lik fcuk with each other too and sound like ferrets. it just shows that were over run with them

[moonlighter 1,164]

Your joking arnt you bird? I've never seen another animal, not even cats that get a reaction out of a dog like brock will. I'm not saying it carnt be done but I'd say its pretty near impossible.

[Bazil brush 474]

That's what happens when the ban things they get out of control, hence why theres tb every where costing the tax payer millions every year..

Edited September 6, 2013 by Bazil brush

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

  On 06/09/2013 at 08:27, bird said:

you can break them to brock, same as you would a sheep, ok maybe not as quick but once they no its (not) the game you want them to run, penny will drop. And prob easier if done on the slip, if they seen 1 just give yank on the lead, then build up to working of the slip..Dogs are not thick, they will know .

 

I always break the dogs to badgers...

 

Badgers are in abundance,...you will continually bump into them,..they are just part and parcel,.. of the nighttime game.....

Edited September 6, 2013 by Phil Lloyd

[Guest vin]

  On 06/09/2013 at 12:05, moonlighter said:

Your joking arnt you bird? I've never seen another animal, not even cats that get a reaction out of a dog like brock will. I'm not saying it carnt be done but I'd say its pretty near impossible.

 

Everytime I see a billy,the lamp goes off..If dog is off the slip,its called back in and put on slip. . .

The Badger is ignored like a sheep or any other cattle from day one. . .They are taught that billy is not for the pot...They soon learn to ignore them. If you got a dog that doe'snt ignore them when out working.. you must have shown them they are prey at some point . .Your Problem.

 

I nearly put one on the slip lead one night last season..i bent down thinking it was dog coming back..nearly fell over when i realized it was a big old Brock.

 

Like said they're busy gathering and getting fat at the moment..we sont be seeing much of them in a few weeks.. To be honest i dont mind seeing them about..I sort of have a soft spot for them..